HLT 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fallacy, Class Action, Tobacco Industry
15 Mar 2017
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Affects the greater good ( 2nd hand smoking and pollution) Something that you choose, but something you know is detrimental to you and others. Leading cause in us. of preventable premature death. Respiratory disease- pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, emphysema, chronic airway. Other cancers - laryngeal, oral, esophageal, pancreatic, urinary. Asthma, low birth rate, low oxygen levels -> heart issues, brain damage. People can"t stop because of how they like certain aspects of smoking to escape, to feel numb from their problems. May cause spasms in blood vessels of heart. Fuels chainsmoker behavior ( i gotta have another one ) Smoking was a social thing: veterans smoked . Women began smoking during and after world war 2. Smoking peaked in mid 1960s at over 42% of adults. Lung cancer trends followed smoking trends about 20 years later. Federal trade commission - development of warning labels. 1992 - epa - environmental tobacco smoke is carcinogenic.
